Maintenance Planners

<strong>Maintenance Planners<br><br></strong>Come join the largest supplier of automation and reliability solutions in our region. what we can offer you and be the voice behind cultivating innovative ideas to help Industry thrive in Eastern Canada. <strong>Several positions are available, offering flexible working conditions, very attractive compensation, and numerous benefits.<br><br></strong><strong>Does this sound interesting? Join us!<br><br></strong>The Maintenance Planner is responsible for planning and scheduling preventive and corrective maintenance activities, optimizing the use of resources, and ensuring the maintenance management system is kept up to date. They analyze breakdowns, implement performance indicators, and collaborate with various departments to ensure optimal equipment availability. During major shutdowns, they coordinate the preparation, planning, and execution of work, organize health and safety training, supervise preliminary inspections, develop schedules, and ensure the security of parts.<br><br><strong>What You Bring To The Table<br><br></strong>Your daily tasks will include:<br><br><ul><li>Planning preventive and corrective maintenance activities </li><li>Ensuring work orders are scheduled by evaluating, planning, and optimizing the necessary resources (parts, equipment, and labor) </li><li>Establishing and producing the schedule for planned maintenance work for ongoing and scheduled shutdowns </li><li>Keeping the maintenance management system up to date </li><li>Analyzing breakdowns and failures to establish appropriate action plans </li><li>Implementing and monitoring maintenance performance indicators </li><li>Collaborating with different departments to ensure optimal equipment availability and efficient production </li><li>Developing and maintaining a preventive maintenance program <br><br></li></ul><strong>Your Tasks During Major Shutdowns<br><br></strong><ul><li>Planning the internal and external resources required for targeted work </li><li>Reviewing and validating, from the list of pending work, the work orders that need to be planned and scheduled for the next shutdown </li><li>Ensuring support from production, maintenance, purchasing, inventory, and planning managers by communicating the shutdown strategy and tracking the progress of activities during the shutdown </li><li>Acting as a leader in coordinating and preparing all activities related to the planning and execution of a major planned shutdown </li><li>Ensuring that scheduling calendars are prepared for all shutdown work, including equipment cleaning, contractor preparation, and demobilization tasks </li><li>Organizing and coordinating company health and safety training for subcontractors and contractors </li><li>Organizing and scheduling safety analyses of work with plant personnel and contractors </li><li>Developing a schedule (Gantt chart) for all shutdown activities and tracking the progress of work </li><li>Physically verifying and then securing the materials and parts dedicated to the next shutdown </li><li>Facilitating and organizing a post-mortem meeting at the end of the shutdown to identify improvements and recommendations for future shutdowns <br><br></li></ul><strong>WORK LOCATION:</strong> Provinces of Quebec and Atlantic Canada<br><br><strong>Essentials Skills And Qualifications To Be Successuful<br><br></strong><ul><li>A Bachelor's or BAC, DEC, DEP or equivalent in a relevant field </li><li>3 to 5 years of experience in a similar position. </li><li>Demonstrated autonomy and excellent organizational skills </li><li>Strong communication skills and proven leadership abilities </li><li>Proficiency with MS Office (Project, Excel, PowerPoint, Word) </li><li>Knowledge of one or more CMMS systems ( Maximo, SAP, Guide Ti, etc.) is a major asset. <br><br></li></ul><strong>About Us<br><br></strong>Laurentide’s purpose is To Help Industry Thrive in Eastern Canada. More than words, our values compel us to think differently, to act with integrity and to shape our future according to them. It is through Customer Centricity, Collaboration, People Matter, Hunger & Passion, Health, Safety & Environment and lastly Trust & Reliability that we: <strong>Empower People. Advance Industry.<br><br></strong><em>Laurentide Controls promotes diversity, equity and inclusion and is committed to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All hiring decisions are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications. While we thank all who apply, only qualified candidates will be contacted.</em>

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